Dancing up a (bleep) storm
Another season of Dancing With the Stars took over the dance floor this week, leaving behind a trail of glitter — and marital anger, possibly.
Husband and wife celeb dancers Vanessa and Nick Lachey — who are paired with also-married pro dancers Maks Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd — are competing against each other in a supposedly friendly manner, but gossip websites say they are engaging in jealous disputes backstage.
Vanessa scored a 21 out of 30 this week while Nick scored an 18. Though according to U.S. gambling website Bovada, Nick is favoured to win the season with 4:1 odds — while Vanessa trails in seventh spot (out of 13 celeb dancers) with 9:1 odds.
We shall wait and see how this one plays out — onstage and off.
Besides, it’s Barbara Corcoran who stirred up the most controversy on Monday’s season 5 premiere. The Shark Tank star appeared to grab her pro partner Keo Motsepe’s crotch while listening to the judges’ critiques.
Corcoran, who has been married to former FBI agent Bill Higgins for 28 years, told Us Weekly it was not intentional.
“There was no crotch grab,” she said. “I just happened to land my hand on that very important part.”
She went on to describe rehearsals with Motsepe in an, er, interesting manner: “I feel like I lose my virginity every day in practice. Again and again and again and again.”